Big 6 Organizer Group A

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The Big 6 – Research Organizer

The Big 6 is a process model of how people of all ages solve problems. You will use this wiki to organize and document the Big 6 process. We will come back to this document during various stages of our project. Questions and spaces below are for you to enter your information along the way in your project.

Names of students in your group:

Big6 #1 Task Definition
Determine a purpose and need for information (information problem):


Determine what information is needed to solve this problem: List these in question form.






Big6 #2 Information Seeking Strategies
Examine alternate approaches to acquiring information. List the best resources to find this information. Include print and human resources, although we will focus on the online resources.






You will use a web site evaluation guide for each web source you use.

Big6 #3 Location and Access
  1. Locate sources and access the information within them-Where will I locate these sources?
  2. What search terms will you use?
  3. What strategies / tools will you use?


Big6 #4 Use of Information
  1. Use the sources to gain information: Read, view, listen.
  2. Take notes on the wiki page that your information belongs on
    1. Cite your source using Easybib.com
    2. Fill out a web site evaluation guide for each source



Big6 #5 Synthesis
Integrate information from a variety of sources – How will I show my results?
  1. Which media products will you produce?
(PowerPoint, Prezi, Photo Story, Movie Maker, Oral Presentation)
  1. How will you give credit to your sources? Where? Bibliography must be in the media product
  2. Materials you will need to complete your project?
  3. Timeline – How long will it take to do this?

Big6 #6 Evaluation
Before turning in my assignment, I need to check off all of these items
  1. What I created to finish the project is appropriate for what I was supposed to do in Big6# 1
  2. The information I found in Big6# 4 matches the information needed in Big6 #1
  3. Credit is given to my sources in MLA format
  4. I am in compliance with copyright laws and fair use guidelines
  5. My work is neat
  6. My work is complete
  7. I would be proud for anyone to view this work

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